WORKFORCE: Devon Partnership Trust plans to save money by rolling out non-medical prescribing for certain drugs. However, nurses and other clinicians who take on the extr responsibility will not be paid more.
A report to the trust’s board identified non-medical prescribing as a key tenet of its £6.8m cost improvement program. It said this would support the development of Clozapine clinics and shared care arrangements in substance misuse services leading to a reduction in medical sessions.
However, the report said recruitment to these posts will be part of an individual personal development plan with “no additional financial reward for undertaking the role”.
Source date
July 2013
No comments yet